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When You Can’t Sleep

I love this idea. I spend lots of late evening and early morning “waking” hours wondering why I’m just not sleepy. I may be truly wide awake; or sleep deprived, or even just bone-tired. I gave up soft drinks, so rarely do I have caffeine. But still sleep evades me. I repeat the Scriptures to myself, especially “thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee.” And yes, I feel I’m IN perfect peace. Just not perfect sleep. I’ve become an old hand (especially this year) at mentally making a little list of my worries and handing them up to Him—and letting them go. I know He’s in charge of me and mine anyway.

So, in the end, if it’s that someone else is sleeping a peaceful sleep full of dreams where I’m being silly, or loving, or somehow memorable, then that’s okay with me. My time on this earth is limited; I can use all the exposure I can get, to get my message out there. If I’m doing it in others’ sub consciousness’, then that’s cool.

Think about it next time you can’t sleep. It makes the loneliness of the wee small hours just that much easier to bear.